Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-27

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tcK tne Standar1 ell lEus. ana frf nsE@
gE2A g Hhe defeadanl railroads inter-
Q11eo. and cbIeoted Iha former on
ne nRuen4 thna aha EannAaR6 oIl
enust wa1 not parry q this 60 Rna
1111 tne rgo1aetton 81 tAaf paaef ooula
1e an unneceazary and fE19leRant dia
ele1uro e Tie 1i1neess1' prlgafe aHafrs.
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4nc1mbeTfuQ tAo recHRf win maakarn
no4 ALREADY hzonrht fnku thi1 ca1e. IN
1is1ing tai there was no1hfnn ii kha
ll4t IN qus1ei1n exosps tue Slnnanrd on
geupang of Kentueky, he Standard
ui 0ompanB o. 0hio, and Wataxa an8
Fiefee GomranY 0f ST L.nnin uAlsk va
relevant - khia case. FaFInnH othar
minor pslnta af ohfeelfon hy fhe rail
toads wera urged vfaorun11Y fhonah
hFieny. The oe1nssl feF eomplainania
gaid that The railruad Witnesses hnd
disslnsed Ne nnmas az & nunbor ~
eonslRnom and ounzsgnssa Who ha1 r.
eelyad KnteH en0 eufeTaf BFipilenes like
thn4 eIIsRnd 8 have hoeH enncl1e1 -
Ne e1ndaR1 Oh 0anpanv nsana. ana
u vas desirable 10 disclose TIE tansf
meny Of witnesses uhesher q noi fhsss
lndspendPnt conaiRnses o. oonainnoss
weFs nos h fast 9 rart Of the Standard
oil trn1t.
xhs ohieoli0n % the admission a.
lhis Ilst itself having thus been sus-
tainsd, The counsel for he complainan.
pfoesede6 70 question the witness with
n tue ruling 0f She commission. Tha
wi1neU esate4. II reply 10 series Of In
quiries that The stock Of ne Eaandara
Oh Company of Ohio. the Standard
Company Of Kankuaky, ths Oamdan
Consolidated OIL OompanY 81 PsrkgFg.
burg W. Val, lhs waters & Pierce OH
Company Of Ht. Louis, and the Conaoli-
dated Tank Line Company 81 Cincin-
nati, vas held b. the STANDARD trust.
Several oonuanita were menaioned hv
the counsel for the oomplninanf, bat
Wers 0bisstsd 10 and sxslnied % ase
ground that these companies bad uol
yiouzly given evidenee. The witness
these companies was rooeivod from the
owners and the certificates Of the tKnat
i1sued II exchange; that the pEofks of
We several ooup9ules we're not divided
among the s1ookhnldsrs, but we're paid
into the trust And then divided amone
ihe holders Of the trust certificates;
l.iso that the aggregate Of outstanding
was about So, ,o00,0 TIE
somplainanfs counsel proposed 20
show shat the actual value Of the trust
oerssiloates vas much gfeaier, bot this
was exclnded.
Ths witness stated thst between
seventy -dvo and eighty per cent. Of the
oil businsss Of ths eoantFy vas done by
his o0nap0ny, but he subsequently, |
this estimate 10 sixty per cent |
The truss certificates we're held IN aIl |
parts Of the country. On cFosa.exnmi-
nation the uitnoaa said that tae trust /
had nothing whatever 30 DO with the |
making Of The rates. ell that being done
b. the sabofdInate companies.
George RIne, the complainant, waa
sworn and examined. he Submitted /
numbsr Of pagers bearing upea all the |
eoonomlc features Of TIE Oh buainsas,
and produced 9 mas Of oorFespondenoe
which was Submitted IN evidence % far |
as & might prove oompetent. He vas
examined and oFoe8- examined a cen |
length but beyond the state
ment that his pFoGts were about four
teen oenta barrel on the oil delivered |
at hia works In Ohio, and fhe further
slateuent in contradiction 30 that 81 |
the railroad men that the oonsiEnoxas |
OonaiQneea usuAlly load and unload the
bsr7eled oil &c their own expense. His
testimony up 10 the recess covered the
familiar Qronnd.